{"id":520767,"date":"2026-08-26T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/united-airlines-leaves-passengers-outside-tarmac-5-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:03:17","slug":"united-airlines-leaves-passengers-outside-on-tarmac-for-5-hours-after-crew-times-out-mid-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=520767","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines Leaves Passengers Outside On Tarmac For 5 Hours After Crew Times Out Mid-Taxi"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Airlines<\/span><\/span> passengers flying from Edinburgh Airport<\/a><\/span> (EDI) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport<\/a><\/span> (ORD) last month endured a difficult delay brought on by a compounding series of setbacks. Firstly, the transatlantic flight was forced to divert to Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, due to stormy weather, where passengers were held onboard the Boeing 757 for four hours before preparing to take off again for Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Onboard supply shortages, crew duty limits and closed CBP facilities led to a nightmare situation on a Wisconsin tarmac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,1526,1793,608,1803,536,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-boeing-757-200","category-crew","category-delay","category-tarmac-delay","category-united-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t